STATE TRACK: Fevold wins 3rd shot put medal
WC thrower withstands a cold, allergies to place 4th in 3ABy Troy Banning, DFJ Sports Editor
POSTED: May 19, 2008
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But, as they say, nothing ever comes easy.
Fevold, a Webster City senior, shucked off the flu-like symptoms and breathing difficulties — thank you allergies — on Friday to become a three-time Class 3A shot put medal winner at the state track and field meet. After scratching on her first attempt and throwing well below her personal standards on heave No. 2, she finally found her rhythm with a toss of 40 feet 3 1/2 inches, good enough for fourth-place.
"I feel really good about it," Fevold, who finished fifth in 2007 and eighth in 2006, said. "It feels pretty good to know that I got fourth in state. It's a good way to end my career."
Fevold was unable to move up the leaderboard in the finals. She missed out on third by just one-quarter of an inch. Still, cold aside, she says she felt much better when she hit her top throw in the preliminary round.
"For a while I thought I was going to get stuck in the 38s," she said. "I just told myself to get going and I did with my (third) throw."
The five points that Fevold scored for Webster City placed the Lynx in 32nd-place overall in 3A.
Webster City was unable to partake in any more medals in the three other events in which it competed in on Friday, but the silver lining was that the Lynx stepped up and performed much closer to expectations than they did on the opening day.
"I feel much better about how we did on Friday," Webster City head coach Duane Harding said. "The girls competed hard."
Christine Monson, Brianna Carlberg, Kari Peterson and Mikaela Pruismann teamed up for the 4x400-meter prelims and just missed out on reaching the finals by a little more than one second. They turned in a clocking of 4 minutes 10.19 seconds, a season's best by two seconds.
"I was very happy for the gals because we ran the best 4x4 that we've ever run down at state since I've been the coach," Harding said. "We had a shot, but the 4x4 kind of epitomized the whole weekend. Close, but no cigar. We were so close in a lot of things, and just a little bit more luck or a little more push, but it just wasn't meant to be."
Monson, Pruismann, Carly Tindall and Britney Roberts competed in the distance medley relay for the Lynx. They placed 14th overall in 4:22.70.
Sophomore Maddie Maharry showed no signs of nerves in her first state long jump competition. The Lynx sophomore — jumping into the sand for only the fourth time all season — leapt 15 feet 10 1/4 inches on her first attempt, a personal record by five inches. She was at the top of the standings after the first flight, and placed 10th overall.
The only slight drawback was that Maharry scratched on her final two attempts, thus eliminating the possibility of moving up into medal contention.
"I was tremendously happy with Maddie," Harding said. "I feel great about it and she's got nothing to feel sorry about."
